
Dribble no more: Physics can help combat that pesky “teapot effect”
2019年5月17日 · Tea drinkers know all too well that annoying dribble from the kettle spout that so often occurs as one pours a nice refreshing cuppa. It's even known as the "teapot effect," and it usually...
Teapot effect - Wikipedia
The teapot effect, also known as dribbling, is a fluid dynamics phenomenon that occurs when a liquid being poured from a container runs down the spout or the body of the vessel instead of flowing out in an arc.
Solving Teapot Effect - Phys.org
2009年11月2日 · (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from France have worked out why teapots dribble at low flow rates, and how to stop them. The effect is called the "teapot effect", and solving it could...
Dribbling teapot enigma solved - New Atlas
2009年10月28日 · French scientists know this feeling only too well and have employed technology to put an end to this horrendous social faux pas. The “teapot effect” is the less than imaginative term given to...
Why teapots always drip - ScienceDaily
2021年11月9日 · The sharp edge on the underside of the teapot beak plays the most important role: a drop forms, the area directly below the edge always remains wet. The size of this drop depends on the speed at...
Physicists say they’ve finally solved the teapot effect—for real …
2021年11月10日 · Dropping below the critical flow rate results in the wetting of the edge, and the telltale dribble of the teapot effect. The dribbling of tea down the side of a teapot while pouring—known as...
Why do teapots dribble? - Cosmos
2021年11月10日 · One fluid researcher even won an Ig Nobel Prize in 1999 for inventing a non-dripping teapot spout. And more drip-free teapots could be in the works, thanks to a paper in the Journal of Fluid...
How to stop a teapot dribbling - The Telegraph
2009年10月28日 · Britain's tea lovers are raising a cup to scientists after they worked out how to stop a teapot dribbling. A team of fluid dynamics experts have after exhaustive research concluded that the...
The Teapot Effect - a non-mathematical account for potters
2025年3月17日 · Dripping spouts have been annoying teapot users for centuries in spite of potters’ design rules of thumb for avoiding such drops. Here some recent theoretical advances of potential value in designing drip-free spouts are reviewed and the …
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from France have worked out why teapots dribble at low flow rates, and how to stop them. The effect is called the "teapot effect", and solving it could...